Phrasal Verbs

over or take it over to a person or place.
Jane’s at home sick, so I’m going to take some chicken soup over.
After I finished my report, I took it over to the finance department.
Infinitive: wipe out
PRESENT TENSE
-ING FORM
PAST TENSE
PAST PARTICIPLE
wipe out & wipes out wiping out
wiped out
wiped out
1. wipe . . . out p.v. When you remove dirt or liquid from the inside of a container with a
cloth, sponge, or paper towel, you wipe it out.
Wipe the microwave out—it’s got spaghetti sauce inside it.
I wiped out the inside of the glasses so they wouldn’t dry with spots.
2. wipe . . . out p.v. When you are trying to kill people, weeds, insects, etc., and you kill all
of them, you wipe them out.
An entire regiment was wiped out in the battle.
The general said he would wipe out the rebels.
wipeout n. A situation in which all people, weeds, insects, etc., are killed is a wipeout.
The battle was a complete wipeout. Not a single soldier survived.
PRACTICE
39-1. On a separate piece of paper, complete the sentences with phrasal verbs from this
unit. Be sure the phrasal verbs are in the correct tense and person.
1. Your pictures are ready and can be _____________ _____________ between 10:00 
A.M.
and 6:00 
P.M.
2. I didn’t get the book I wanted because the store was ____________ ____________ of
them.
3. There’s a lot of confusion about the new policy. We need to have a meeting to
_____________ everything _____________.
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4. The vice president _____________ _____________ after the president died.
5. Susie, your room is very messy. Come in here and _____________ it _____________
right now!
6. Mr. Nelson asked me to _____________ _____________ for Lydia while she’s on
vacation.
7. Sales of air conditioners always _____________ _____________ in the spring.
8. If we get a bigger antenna, we might be able to _____________ a lot more stations
_____________.
9. It took me an hour to _____________ _____________ everything for the beef stew.
10. The soldiers were ordered to _____________ _____________ the enemy soldiers.
11. My wife called and asked me to ____________ ____________ a few things on the way
home.
12. A country this weak could be _____________ _____________ in a few days.
13. I wish I hadn’t _____________ _____________ on bread. Now I can’t finish my dinner.
14. I’m going to play golf with Charles next week. He’s really good, so maybe I can
_____________ _____________ a few ways to improve my game.
15. The theater _____________ _____________ ten minutes before the start of the opera.
16. My car’s frame was so badly damaged in the accident that there was no way it could be
_____________ _____________.
17. You don’t need to take any money to the restaurant. Karen said she would
_____________ _____________ the check.
18. Don’t just clean the outsides of the desks. _____________ the insides _____________,
too.
19. I’ll be arriving at 3:40 
A.M.
Would _____________ me _____________ that early be a
problem?
20. Hank’s giving orders like he’s the president of the company. Someone needs to
_____________ him _____________.
21. Smoking is a bad habit that I _____________ _____________ in the Navy.
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22. Let’s _____________ _____________ these canteens before we begin our hike.
23. This couch is really heavy. Can you help me _____________ it _____________?
24. After you get your paycheck, you can ___________ it __________ to the cashier to cash
it.
25. Can you believe what Hank did? He tried to _____________ _____________ the boss’s
daughter at the company picnic.
26. I finished page 47 yesterday, so I’ll _____________ _____________ on page 48 today.
27. You can _____________ my name _____________ the list. I’ve changed my mind.